CVE-2025-24561
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in awcode ReviewsTap reviewstap allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ReviewsTap: from n/a through <= 1.1.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the ReviewsTap WordPress plugin allows attackers to craft malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. The lack of proper CSRF protection enables attackers to trick authenticated administrators into executing unintended actions that inject malicious scripts into the review system.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify ReviewsTap plugin is installedAccess WordPress admin > Plugins and locate ReviewsTap in the list of installed pluginsAffected if ReviewsTap plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Check installed versionIn the Plugins list, click on ReviewsTap to view its version number, then compare against any published vulnerable version rangesAffected if Installed version falls within known vulnerable version ranges
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Confirm review submission feature is accessibleNavigate to the frontend page where the review form is displayed (product reviews, page reviews) and verify the submission form is present and functionalAffected if The review submission form is accessible to authenticated administrators
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Inspect plugin code for CSRF protection absenceExamine the plugin source code files (particularly submission handlers) for state-changing operations and verify whether nonce validation functions like wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer are implementedAffected if State-changing review operations lack nonce validation logic
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Examine stored reviews for XSS payloadsAccess the WordPress admin review management interface and inspect saved reviews for suspicious HTML, script tags, or encoded payloads that may indicate XSS injectionAffected if Malicious script content is found stored in review entries
The environment is affected if the ReviewsTap plugin is installed with a vulnerable version, the review submission feature is accessible, and CSRF protection is missing from the review submission handlers, potentially allowing stored XSS injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonce validation) on all state-changing operations and apply proper input validation and output encoding to prevent stored XSS injection.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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